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thedrowsydoormouse · 3 years

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I am thrilled that there is justice for George Floyd. But I am also painfully aware that it is not enough. While George Floyd’s murderer was listening to the verdict being read, another young black life was cut short by the police in Ohio. Ma’khia Bryant was only 16 when an officer decided in less than 22 seconds that her life was somehow worth less because of the color of her skin. An officer who was called by Ma’khia herself when she was being attacked outside of her own home.

The police have murdered 64 people just in the few weeks of George Floyd’s murder trial alone. And while the conviction is a relief that some form of justice has been served, it is also a reminder that these murders are only a symptom of a much larger problem which must be addressed before any real, meaningful change can happen. American law enforcement has always had very deep roots in white supremacy. Before there were police officers, there were slave catchers. The LAPD was founded out of a mob of violent vigilantes who resorted to lynchings as their preferred form of punishment for even the most minor of crimes. Even after formal police departments were formed many of the officers were also members of the KKK and, even more recently, the proud boys and other white supremecist groups. And the government its self has also had a long and bloody history of white supremecy, starting with the founding fathers, many of whom owned slaves, and continuing through the War on Drugs which was started as a means of imprisoning large numbers of black men and women into the modern day slave labor we call the prison industrial complex, the AIDS crisis which was ignored for far too long because it was predominantly targeting the black community and other groups our government saw as “undesireable”, and even with the previous administration’s inability to condemn fascist and white supremecist hate groups which led to a rise in racist hate crimes that we are still dealing with to this day. Our entire country was founded on the blood of black people and other people of color.

I do believe that change is possible but I also know that it will not happen overnight. The first step is to abolish the police and re-invest the money that would’ve been spent on military grade tactical gear, tanks, and surveilance robots on the communities that need it. Invest in education, mental and physical healthcare, and creating safe spaces for people to spend their time while also bettering their communities. There is no reforming a system that is so entrenched in the oppression and criminalization of any group for any reason. There is only abolition. Until that day comes we are going to continue to see the needless deaths of more and more black people at the hands of law enforcement. Change is slow, but it is possible.

#george floyd #makhia bryant #abolish the police #social reform #racism tw #violence tw #america has always been white supremecist #its just becoming more painfully obvious #long post

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